Metropolitan Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral
- Address:Hope Street, Liverpool
- Hours:Open daily 7:30am - 6pm
- Admission:Crypt and Treasury £3
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At the other end of Hope Street from Liverpool’s monolithic Anglican Cathedral, the Metropolitan Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral provides a sparsely modernist contrast in architectural style.
Built in 1967 in a design likened to an upward-thrusting tepee, the cathedral is colloquially known as the ‘Mersey Funnel’ and ‘Paddy’s Wigwam’.
The building’s unusual circular design is topped by a conical turret ringed with spires. The circular lantern at the top of the turret is circled with stained-glass windows.
The original design was a grand neo-Gothic domed affair, designed by the noted architect Sir Edwin Lutyens in response to the similarly Gothic outline of the neighboring Anglican Cathedral. War and Depression delayed construction, with only the crypt being completed according to the original design.
You can tour the crypt and treasury on a visit to the cathedral - or visit Lutyens’ crypt during the annual Liverpool Beer Festival for the rare experience of tasting real ales in a cathedral!
Guides are available to show you around, and the cathedral has a visitor center.
Fabulous- we used the bus all day, first doing the full trip, then getting on and off. The buses were on time, the commentary was good, the weather wonderful, a really good value trip. We will use the service again, both in Liverpool and wherever else the service is available.
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It was a most enjoyable trip, the driver extremely helpful and the comentary was first class. Having moved away from Liverpool in 1966 I was amazed at what little I knew of the city. It seemed like a new city.
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Really enjoyed this tour, although it was rather short in comparrison to some other Hop Off Hop On tours, but still enjoyed it alot and would recommend anyone to do this
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Liverpool’s Metropolitan Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral is a little south of the city center, an uphill walk from Albert Dock.
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